SYNOPSIS: A team of NRA Certified Instructors with the Southern Minnesota Sportsman's Club will provide the 'Refuse To Be A Victim' course. The 4-hour course was developed in 1993 in response to women nationwide who requested crime prevention and personal safety information. Experts agree the single most important step is making the decision to refuse to be a victim. Criminals prefer easy targets. You stand a much better chance of preventing criminal attack if you make yourself difficult to prey upon. That means you must have an overall personal safety strategy in place before you need it. The course discusses numerous other safety measures and options you need to develop a complete personal safety strategy:
The Psychology of Criminal Predators
Mental Preparedness
Home Security
Physical Security
Automobile Security
Out-Of-Town Travel Security
Technological Security
Self-Defense Physical Training
Personal Protection Devices
Special Teaching Modules
1. In the Workplace
2. Parents and Children -- From Pre-School
to College
3. Senior Citizens and Persons with Physical
Disabilities
Other optional NRA courses available:
- Basic Pistol Shooting
- Basic Rifle Shooting
- Basic Shotgun Shooting
- Personal Protection
- Home Firearm Safety**
- Range Safety Officer**
- Reloading Metallic Cartridge*
- Reloading Shotgun Shells*
- Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Program**
*Designates no actual shooting in class.
**Designates no actual shooting or live ammunition in class.
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Fee and class availability contact: Sue Bierly, 507/533-4307, or E-Mail: